Dr. David Adams Profile

Dr. David Adams

at Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie Univ

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Publications (18)

Proceedings Article | 25 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

MARVEL: an update on the four-telescope dedicated radial velocity facility at the Mercator Observatory

J. Pember, I. Argyriou, D. Atkinson, G. Ávila, L. Barrett, A. Brandeker, L. Buchhave, D. Coutts, W. De Meester, J. De Ridder, D. Defrère, A. Glasse, M. Güdel, M. Haidar, K. Hakim, S. Halverson, J. Harman, N. Jannsen, M. Janson, A. Kinney, S. Kovacs, R. Laugier, K. Missiaen, B. Montet, J. Morren, E. Palle, J. Pérez Padilla, W. Pessemier, D. Pollacco, B. Pope, S. Prins, A. Quirrenbach, G. Raskin, M. Reggiani, I. Ribas, H. Sana, C. Schwab, D. Seynaeve, R. Sharman, A. Stokes, J. Stürmer, A. Tkachenko, G. Tinetti, H. Van Winckel, B. Vandenbussche, C. Waring, R. Wittenmyer, D. Wright, Y. Zhou, D. Adams, N. Binos, J. Brzeski, Z. Cai, T. Chin, S. Ellis, T. Farrell, T. Feger, A. Ghari Zadeh, Y. Kripak, N. Kunwar, C. Lacombe, J. Lawrence, H. McGregor, D. Robertson, L. Waller, R. Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130966B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021409

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Calibration, Fabry Perot interferometers, Observatories, Control systems, Sensors, Control software, Equipment, Domes

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Proceedings Article | 7 October 2022 Paper

Paper

The SDSS-V local volume mapper fibre cable assembly and metrology

Tobias Feger, Ellen Houston, Yevgen Kripak, Ross Zhelem, Timothy Chin, David Adams, Scott Case, David Robertson, Jon Lawrence, Tom Herbst, Pavan Bilgi, Nicholas Konidaris, Leon Aslan, Guillermo Blanc, Stefanie Wachter, Solange Ramírez, Niv Drory, Juna Kollmeier, Cynthia Froning

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846Q (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629083

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Metrology, Tolerancing, Telescopes, Inspection, Surface finishing, Polishing, Interfaces, Observatories, Assembly tolerances

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Design of the near infrared camera DIRAC for East Anatolia Observatory

Ross Zhelem, Robert Content, Vladimir Churilov, Yevgen Kripak, Lew Waller, Scott Case, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Mario Gonzalez, David Adams, Nick Binos, Timothy Chin, Tony Farrell, Urs Klauser, Yuriy Kondrat, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon. Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Summer Luo, Erica Mcdonald, Helen McGregor, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Minh Vuong, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng, Barnaby Norris, Julia Bryant, Annino Vaccarella, Nick Herrald, James Gilbert, Cahit Yesilyaprak, Bulent Gucsav, Deniz Coker, Onur Keskin, Laurent Jolissaint

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218440 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629716

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Optical filters, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Lenses, Cryogenics, Mirrors, Image quality, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Development of the FOBOS focal plane positioner

David Adams, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Ellie O'Brien, Celestina Lacombe, Nuria Lorente, Michael Goodwin, Rebecca Brown, Michael Thomakos, Tayyaba Zafar, Nick MacDonald, Kyle Westfall, Kevin Bundy, Renate Kupke, Marc Kassis, Claire Poppett

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846K (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627289

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Robots, Spectroscopy, Optical fibers, Glasses, Astronomical imaging, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Overall performance of AESOP: the 4MOST fibre positioner

Jurek Brzeski, David Adams, Gabriella Baker, Sufyan Baker, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Jack Coyne, Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Yevgen Kripak, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Wojtek Maslak, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Ellie O'brien, Will Saunders, Scott Smedley, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Lew Waller, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627900

KEYWORDS: Spine, Actuators, Fiber science, Telescopes, Tolerancing, Metrology, Galactic astronomy, Calibration, Assembly tolerances, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

AESOP, the 4MOST fibre positioner: engineering principles

Jurek Brzeski, Dave Adams, Gabriella Baker, Sufyan Baker, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Jack Coyne, Tony Farrell, James Gibson, Peter Gillingham, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Yevgen Kripak, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Wojtek Maslak, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Ellie O'brien, Will Saunders, Scott Smedley, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Lew Waller, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627903

KEYWORDS: Spine, Telescopes, Tolerancing, Assembly tolerances, Interfaces, Metrology, Kinematics, Assembly equipment, Sensors, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

MANIFEST@GMT science overview: a multi-interface, multi-mode instrument science and simulations

Tayyaba Zafar, Jonathan Lawrence, Jessica Zheng, David Adams, Vitor Hartmann, Celestina Lacombe, Michael Goodwin, Nuria Lorente, Ellie O'Brien, Will Saunders, Helen McGregor, Lew Waller, Nirmala Kunwar, Daniel Faes, Jennifer Marshall, Darren DePoy, Alexandar Ji, Dennis Zaritsky, Casey Papovich, Steven Finkelstein, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Roderik Overzier, Kyler Kuehn, Luca Cortese, Scott Croom, Sarah Martell, Matthew Colless, Anilkumar Mailvaganam, Andrew Hopkins, Magda Arnaboldi, Céline Péroux, Christian Johnson

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218417 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628142

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Stars, Interfaces, Telescopes, Polarimetry, Kinematics, Radio astronomy, Gamma radiation, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Skyhopper CubeSat: a multi-band NIR telescope for precise intensity measurements

David Adams, Robert Content, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Anthony Horton, Mike Ireland, Lee Spitler, Ross Zhelem, Jochen Greiner, Sylvio Klose, Uwe Laux, Michele Trenti

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121802Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631696

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Mirrors, Telescopes, Sensors, Prisms, Lenses, Optical design, Image quality, Near infrared, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

GMT-MANIFEST project cost estimate case: applying the PMBOK Guide to the costing of instrumentation for ELTs

Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Scott Smedley, Rebecca Brown, Ellie O'Brien, Lew Waller, Michael Goodwin, Jessica Zheng, Scott Case, David Adams, Vitor Hartmann

Proceedings Volume 12187, 1218703 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628270

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Interfaces, Telescopes, Structured optical fibers, Green fluorescent protein, Systems engineering, Glasses, Electronics, Manufacturing, Control systems design

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Application of model-based systems engineering to MANIFEST conceptual design

Michael Goodwin, David Adams, Rebecca Brown, Vitor Hartmann, Celestina Lacombe, Carlos H. N. Lahoz, Jon Lawrence, D. May, Ellie O'Brien, Tayyaba Zafar

Proceedings Volume 12187, 1218704 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628849

KEYWORDS: Systems modeling, Systems engineering, Model-based design, Instrument modeling, Functional analysis

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 June 2022

Management of equipment vibration for extremely large telescopes

David Adams, Bartholomew Fordham, Gerd Jakob, Douglas MacMartin, Babak Sedghi, David Schwartz, Hugh Thompson, Tony Travouillon, Byron Smith, Peter Kerrian

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 02, 021512, (June 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.021512

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Fluctuations and noise, Adaptive optics, Large telescopes, Mirrors, Observatories, Wavefronts, Optical isolators, Cryocoolers, Actuators

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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Starbugs field-allocation simulations for FOBOS

Michael Goodwin, David Adams, Kevin Bundy, Renate Kupke, Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Nick MacDonald, Helen McGregor, Ellie O’Brien, Claire Poppett, Lew Waller, Kyle Westfall, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114477Y (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560885

KEYWORDS: Device simulation, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Detection and tracking algorithms, Robotics, Optical fibers, Fiber optics, Spectrographs, Target detection, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation

Poster + Presentation

DREAMS telescope: opto-mechanical design

Tony Travouillon, Anna Moore, Jamie Soon, Antony Galla, David Adams, John Hart, Brian Taylor

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114454L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562980

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Optical design, Infrared telescopes, Optomechanical design, Indium gallium arsenide, Cameras, Electromagnetism, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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Vibration measurement and mount design for cryocoolers on GMT and large telescopes

D. Adams, A. Vaccarella, W. Schofield, R. Sharp, J. Gilbert, G. Gausachs

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120314 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539923

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Optical instrument design, Large telescopes, Telescopes, Vibrometry, Signal attenuation, Observatories, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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Wide-field dynamic astronomy in the near-infrared with Palomar Gattini-IR and DREAMS

Jamie Soon, David Adams, Kishalay De, Antony Galla, Matthew Hankins, Mansi Kasliwal, Anna Moore, Scott Adams, Jarek Antoszewski, Michael Ashley, Aliya-Nur Babul, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jeff Cooke, Orsola De Marco, Alexandre Delacroix, Hadrien Devillepoix, Simon Ellis, Ken Freeman, David Hale, Alexander Heger, Jacob Jencson, Ryan Lau, Daniel McKenna, Eran Ofek, Stuart Ryder, Robert Simcoe, Jennifer Sokoloski, Roberto Soria, Roger Smith, Tony Travouillon

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120307 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539594

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Observatories, Telescopes, Infrared cameras, Sensors, Astrophysics, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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Lucky imaging with the Leonardo SAPHIRA at Siding Spring Observatory

Annino Vaccarella, Robert Sharp, Michael Ellis, James Gilbert, Shanae King, David Adams

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120313 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539779

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Cryocoolers, Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Observatories, Imaging systems, Electronics, Active vibration damping, Mercury cadmium telluride, Avalanche photodiodes

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2018 Paper

Paper

Stirling cycle cryocooler exported vibration analysis

Annino Vaccarella, Robert Boz, Robert Sharp, Michael Ellis, Andrew Bish, David Adams, David Chandler, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, John Hart, Nick Herrald, Mike Petkovic

Proceedings Volume 10703, 107035C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313024

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Avalanche photodetectors, Imaging systems, Vibrometry, Telescopes, Electronics, Optical isolators, Cooling systems, Sensors, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Design evolution of the Giant Magellan Telescope Integral Field Spectrograph, GMTIFS

R. Sharp, D. Adams, G. Bloxham, R. Boz, D. Bundy, D. Chandler, G. Gausachs, L. Gers, J. Hart, N. Herrald, J. Nielsen, E. O'Brien, C. Onken, I. Price, A. Vaccarella, C. Vest, P. Young

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313010

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Adaptive optics, Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Optical benches, Iterated function systems, Wavefront sensors, Prototyping, Telescopes, Optical design

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